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Bear River Pines, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It lies near Sonntag Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Park quadrangle. It stands 2,503 feet above sea level.

Bear River Pines within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bear River Pines, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Bear River Pines, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

618 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 618 fires within 5 miles of Bear River Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined242
Debris and open burning180
Equipment and vehicle use109
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPGE
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSECRET
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPOWERLINE
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCentral California DistrictBLUM
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictPENINSULA
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCARRIE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROLLINS
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROLLINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 324 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 324 workings within 5 miles of Bear River Pines: 146 past producers, 116 occurrences, 39 unknowns, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Banner and CentralGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGold
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion ConGold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Empire Mines Co.Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGold
Empire StarGold, Lead, Arsenic, ZincUnknown
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
Green LodeGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
Green MountainCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
JohnsonAntimonyOccurrence
Lava Cap-Banner-Central GroupGold, SilverPast Producer1860

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pinecrest0.5 miles36
Coleman0.7 miles36
Buena Vista (historical)1.4 miles36
Peardale2.3 miles36
Cedar Crest2.8 miles28
Kres3.0 miles28
Leduc Acres3.1 miles28
Birch Meadow Acres3.2 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q4876561The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655818. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.